Game marker



1938- Q J. EMANUEL Q 2,126,373

GAME MARKER Filed Feb. 2, 1958 IWIUIIHIWW iil FIG. 5

27 FIG] INVENTOR. J OSE PH E MANUEL ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 9, 1 938 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GAME MARKER Joseph Emanuel, Cleveland, Ohio Application February 2, 1938, Serial No. 188,332

4 Claims. (Cl. 273-136) This invention relates to markers or means lar material and is attached to the base board fordesignating certain symbols and particularly 2| at their respective margins 26 by stitches, to indicators for indicia on Loto or Bingo game rivets, adhesive or by other common means. boards. The indicia board 22 has a series of numbers An object of the invention is to provide a. or symbols 23 printed or otherwise marked there- 5 marker that is conveniently attached to the on, in any arrangement or; manner suitable for a board, and inexpensive to manufacture. particular game. This indicia board 22 also has Another object of the invention is to provide two parallel slots adjacent to each of the symbols such marker with a roughened surface in order to 23, one slot being on each side 01' the symbol. facilitate quick and easy manipulation.' The belt indicator 25 is made of sections of 10 A further object is to make a, mark of thi tubular flexible Celluloid or Cellophane, or they type of a transparent material which reveals the may be made of strips of the same material havindicia marked. ing their ends fastened together. These indi- These and other objects will be apparent from cators 25 are approximately one-half transparent 5 a reading of the, following specification and the and approximately one-half translucent. The accompanying drawing in which like parts are transparent portion is indicated by the characdesignated by like reference characters, and in ter 21, and the translucent portion is similarly which: indicated by the character 28. In addition, the Figure 1 is a plan view of a game card using outer surfaces of the indicators 25 are corrugated, one form of marker; knurled or otherwise roughened in some way, so 20 Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same card, as to facilitate manipulation. T s rou e e the view taken along the lines 2--2 of Figure 1; surface is indicated in the drawing by the char- Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the same game acter 29. card and showing one symbol 4 uncovered" and The belt type indicator fits theslots 24 and 25 the symbol 24 partly covered; can be revolved or slid around the symbol .23 and 25 Figure 4 is a sectional view of Figure 3, taken its contiguous section of the 'indicia board" 22. along thelines 4-4; In use, if a number or symbol is called during the Figure 5 is a plan view of an indicator showing P y of a game. the indicator 25 is shifted 80 t the translucent portion of the indicator; the colored or translucent portion 28 is over the 30 Figure 6 is a view of the same indicator showsymbol 23, instead of the clear or transparent so ing the transparent portion; portion of the indicator.

Figure 7 is an end view of the indicator show- The modified form of indicator, Pa y ing particularly the surface corrugations for'faillustrated in the Figures 8 to 13 inclusive, concilitatlng manipulation; sists ofa base board 2|, an indicia board 22, sub- Figure 8 is a plan view of a game board emstantially the same' as in the other form. The 5 bodying a modified form of marker or indicator; indicators 25a however, differ from the indi- Figure 9 is a sectional view of the m dified cators 25, in that they slide longitudinally in the game board, the view taken along the lines 9-9 slots 24, instead of laterally through them. of Figure 8; These latter indicators 25a, cover or uncover their 40 Figure 10 is an enlarged plan view of a secrespectivesymbols 23, and may be made of thin 40 tion of the modified game board, showing the sheet metaL- They may also be made of Celsymbol 4 covered and the symbol 24 uncovered; luloid or similar material. However, they should Figure 11 is a sectional view of the Figure 10 be somewhat Stiller in substance than the mataken along t lines Of t figure; terial used for the indicators 25. These indi- F gure 12 is a top view of the modified form of cators also, may be eithertransparent, translu- 45 marker; and cent or even opaque.

Figure 13 is an end view of the same marker or Although but only two embodiments of th indicator. present invention have been illustrated and de- The first type of game card illustrated in the scribed, it will be apparent to those skilled in the Figures 1 to 7 inclusive, consists primarily-of 2. art that various changes and-modifications may 50 base board 2 I, an indicia board 22 and the flexibe made therein without departing from the spirit ble rolling or belt-type marker or indicator 25. of the invention or from the scope of the ap- The base board 2| may be made of heavy cardpended claims. board or other suitable material. The indicia I claim: board 22 is likewise made of card board or simi- 1. A game board comprising in combination, a 66 base board, an indicia board having a plurality of symbols marked thereon attached to the base board, the said indicia board also having parallel slots adjacent to the individual symbols, 9. plurality of sleeve-markers projecting through the slots and circumferentially rotatable over the a said symbols, each of the said sleeve-markers made of flexible material one-half of which is projecting through the slots and circumferentially rotatable over the said symbols, each of the said sleeve-markers made of flexible material one-half of which is transparent and one-half of which is opaque in a manner that permits either a full disclosure or a lull coverage of a said symbol.

3. A game board comprising in combination, a base board, an indicia board having a plurality of symbols marked thereon attached to the base board, the said indicia board also having parallel slots adjacent to the individual symbols, a plurality of sleeve-markers projecting through the slots and circumferentially rotatable over the said symbols, each of the said sleeve-markers made of flexible material one-half of which is transparent and one-half of which is opaque in a manner that permits either a full disclosure or a full coverage of a said symbol, and also having a roughened outside surface to facilitate movement.

4. A game board comprising in combination, a base board having marginal edges, an indicia board also having marginal edges attached to the base board at their respective marginal edges, a plurality of symbols printed on the indicia board, the said indicia board also having pairs of parallel slots adjacent to each of the aforementioned symbols, a plurality of sleevemarkers projecting through the slots and aircumferentially rotatable over the said symbols, each of the said sleeve-markers made of flexible material one-half of which is transparent and one-half of which is opaque in a manner that permits either a full disclosure or a full coverage of a said symbol, and each of said markers having a ruflled surface to facilitate movement.

J OSEPH EMANUEL. 

